The shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards 2016 has been released.

Four nominees in each category were decided by the votes of BFS members, attendees of FantasyCon 2015, and attendees of FantasyCon 2016. Up to two further nominees in each category were added by the juries as “egregious omissions” under the rules.

The winners will be decided by the juries, and announced September 25 at FantasyCon 2016 in Scarborough.

Best Anthology

• African Monsters, ed. Margrét Helgadóttir and Jo Thomas (Fox Spirit Books)
• Aickman’s Heirs, ed. Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications)
• Best British Horror 2015, ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing)
• The Doll Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
• The 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories, ed. Mark Morris (Spectral Press)

Best Artist

• Ben Baldwin
• Vincent Chong
• Julie Dillon
• Evelinn Enoksen
• Sarah Anne Langton
• Jeffrey Alan Love

Best Collection

• Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due (Prime Books)
• Monsters, Paul Kane (The Alchemy Press)
• Probably Monsters, Ray Cluley (ChiZine Publications)
• Scar City, Joel Lane (Eibonvale Press)
• Skein and Bone, V.H. Leslie (Undertow Publications)
• The Stars Seem So Far Away, Margrét Helgadóttir (Fox Spirit Books)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

• Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter (Image Comics) (#2–5)
• Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why, G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona (Marvel)
• Nimona, Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)
• Red Sonja, Gail Simone and Walter Geovani (Dynamite Entertainment) (#14–18)
• Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics) (#25–32)
• The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart (Vertigo)

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• Guns of the Dawn, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor)
• Half a War, Joe Abercrombie (HarperVoyager)
• The Iron Ghost, Jen Williams (Headline)
• Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
• Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho (Macmillan)
• Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Macmillan)

Best Film/Television Production

• Inside No. 9: The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (BBC Two)
• Jessica Jones: AKA WWJD?, Scott Reynolds (Netflix)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Peter Harness (BBC One)
• Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris (Warner Bros. Pictures et al.)
• Midwinter of the Spirit, Stephen Volk (ITV Studios)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens, by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt (Lucasfilm et al.)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• A Cold Silence, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
• The Death House, Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)
• Lost Girl, Adam Nevill (Pan Books)
• Rawblood, Catriona Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
• The Silence, Tim Lebbon (Titan Books)
• Welcome to Night Vale, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (Orbit)

Best Independent Press

• The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards)
• Angry Robot (Marc Gascoigne)
• Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
• Newcon Press (Ian Whates)

Best Magazine/Periodical

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews (Firkin Press)
• Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)
• Interzone, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• Strange Horizons, ed. Niall Harrison (Strange Horizons)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)

• Becky Chambers, for The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Zen Cho, for Sorcerer to the Crown (Macmillan)
• Peter Newman, for The Vagrant (HarperVoyager)
• Steven Poore, for The Heir to the North (Kristell Ink)
• Marc Turner, for When the Heavens Fall (Titan Books)

Best Non-fiction

• The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, ed. Stephen Jones (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
• Fantasy-Faction, ed. Marc Aplin and Jennie Ivins (Fantasy-Faction)
• Ginger Nuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod (Jim McLeod)
• King for a Year, ed. Mark West (Mark West)
• Letters to Tiptree, ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
• Matrilines, Kari Sperring (Strange Horizons)

Best Novella

• Albion Fay, Mark Morris (Spectral Press)
• Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
• The Bureau of Them, Cate Gardner (Spectral Press)
• The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com)
• Witches of Lytchford, Paul Cornell (Tor.com)

Best Short Fiction

• “The Blue Room,” V.H. Leslie (Skein and Bone)
• “Dirt Land,” Ralph Robert Moore (Black Static #49)
• “Fabulous Beasts,” Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
• “Hippocampus,” Adam Nevill (Terror Tales of the Ocean)
• “Strange Creation,” Frances Kay (Tenebris Nyxies)
• “When The Moon Man Knocks,” Cate Gardner (Black Static #48)

The British Fantasy Society committee will decide the winner of the Karl Edward Wagner Award, and the other winners will be decided by the British Fantasy Awards 2016 jurors:

Best Anthology: Gary Couzens, Louie Reynolds, Zean Fairbanks-Gilbert

Best Artist: Caroline Callaghan, Howard Watts, Jay Eales

Best Collection: Carole Johnstone, E.G. Cosh, Simon Bestwick

Best Comic/Graphic Novel: Ian Hunter, Jo Thomas, P M Buchan

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): Elaine Hillson, Rhian Bowley, Ross Warren

Best Film/Television Production: Catherine Hill,  Jim Steel, Johnny Mains

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award): Aleksandra Kesek, Nina Allan, Sarah Carter

Best Independent Press: El Ashfield, Ole Andreas Imsen, Richard Webb

Best Magazine/Periodical: Kate Coe, Marcus Gipps, Sean Wallace

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Elloise Hopkins, Lizzie Barrett, Robin Lupton

Best Non-Fiction: Kevin McVeigh, Martin Petto, Ruth EJ Booth

Best Novella: Jo Tomas, Laura Mauro, Mark West

Best Short Story: Stephen Bacon, Penny Jones, Phil Sloman

The jurors were appointed by the awards administrator, Stephen Theaker, under the supervision of the British Fantasy Society committee. The BFS committee itself is the jury for the Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award).

The winners of the 2015 British Fantasy Awards were announced October 25 at FantasyCon.

Best anthology

• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant (Lightspeed Magazine)

Best artist

• Karla Ortiz

Best collection

• Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole (The Alchemy Press and Airgedlámh Publications)

Best comic/graphic novel

• Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

Best fantasy novel: The Robert Holdstock Award

• Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)

Best film/television episode

• Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Marvel Studios)

Best horror novel: The August Derleth Award

• No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)

Best independent press

• Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)

Best magazine/periodical

• Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)

Best newcomer: The Sydney J. Bounds Award

• Sarah Lotz, for The Three (Hodder & Stoughton)

Best non-fiction

• Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961–1971, ed. S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing)

Best novella

• Newspaper Heart, Stephen Volk (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories)

Best short story

• “A Woman’s Place,” Emma Newman (Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets)

The Special Award: The Karl Edward Wagner Award

• Juliet E. McKenna

The winners were decided by the following jury members: Best anthology: Carole Johnstone, Elaine Hillson and Rhian Bowley. Best artist: Donna Scott, Jared Shurin and P.M. Buchan. Best collection: Dave Brzeski, Ole A. Imsen and Thana Niveau. Best comic/graphic novel: Jared Shurin, Jay Eales and Laurel Sills. Best fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): Aleksandra Kesek, Gary Couzens and Lucy Smee. Best film/television episode: Adrian Faulkner, Catherine Mann and Gary Couzens. Best horror novel (the August Derleth Award): Cate Gardner, Jim Mcleod and Laura Mauro. Best independent press: Bill Thompson, Elloise Hopkins, Robin K Hickson, Robin Lupton and Sarah Carter. Best magazine/periodical: Donna Scott, Mark West and Phil Sloman. Best newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Ian Hunter, Lizzie Barrett and Simon Bestwick. Best non-fiction: Jason Arnopp, Johnny Mains and Laura Mauro. Best novella: Jo Thomas, Paul Holmes and Stephen Bacon. Best short story: Catherine Mann, Allen Stroud and David Tallerman. The Karl Edward Wagner Award was decided by a vote of the British Fantasy Society committee.

The physical award is a handmade wooden bookend featuring Lee Thompson’s BFS logo, commissioned from Sarah Goss, who works in traditional woodcarving and restoration.

The nominees for the 2015 British Fantasy Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony at FantasyCon on October 25.

Best anthology

• The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2, ed. Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber (The Alchemy Press)
• Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease, ed. by Joel Lane and Tom Johnstone (Gray Friar Press)
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant (Lightspeed Magazine)
• The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, ed. Mark Morris (Spectral Press)
• Terror Tales of Wales, ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press)

Best artist

• Ben Baldwin
• Vincent Chong
• Les Edwards
• Sarah Anne Langton
• Karla Ortiz
• Daniele Serra

Best collection

• Black Gods Kiss, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
• The Bright Day Is Done, Carole Johnstone (Gray Friar Press)
• Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Helen Marshall (ChiZine Publications)
• Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole (The Alchemy Press and Airgedlámh Publications)
• Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites, Hal Duncan (Lethe Press)

Best comic/graphic novel

• Cemetery Girl, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer (Jo Fletcher Books)
• Grandville Noël, Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)
• Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• Seconds, Bryan Lee O’Malley (SelfMadeHero)
• Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
• The Wicked + The Divine, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Image Comics)

Best fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• Breed, KT Davies (Fox Spirit Books)
• City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher Books)
• Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)
• A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Moon King, Neil Williamson (NewCon Press)
• The Relic Guild, Edward Cox (Gollancz)

Best film/television episode

• Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Black Mirror: White Christmas, Charlie Brooker (Channel 4)
• Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Marvel Studios)
• Interstellar, Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (Paramount Pictures)
• Under the Skin, Walter Campbell and Jonathan Glazer (Film4 et al)

Best horror novel (the August Derleth Award)

• The End, Gary McMahon (NewCon Press)
• The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey (Orbit)
• The Last Plague, Rich Hawkins (Crowded Quarantine Publications)
• No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)
• Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel (Knopf)
• The Unquiet House, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)

Best independent press

• The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)
• Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
• NewCon Press (Ian Whates)
• Spectral Press (Simon Marshall-Jones)

Best magazine/periodical

• Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)
• Interzone, ed. by Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• Lightspeed, ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine)
• Sein und Werden, ed. Rachel Kendall (ISMs Press)

Best newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)

• Edward Cox, for The Relic Guild (Gollancz)
• Sarah Lotz, for The Three (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Laura Mauro, for Ptichka (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
• Den Patrick, for The Boy with the Porcelain Blade (Gollancz)
• Jen Williams, for The Copper Promise (Headline)

Best non-fiction

• D.F. Lewis Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews, D.F. Lewis (D.F. Lewis)
• Ginger Nuts of Horror, ed. Jim McLeod (Jim McLeod)
• Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961–1971, ed. S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing)
• Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fictions, Hal Duncan (Lethe Press)
• Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews, Adam Roberts (Steel Quill Books )
• Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic, John Howard (The Alchemy Press)
• You Are the Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, Jonathan Green (Snowbooks)

Best novella

• Cold Turkey, Carole Johnstone (TTA Press)
• Drive, Mark West (Pendragon Press)
• Newspaper Heart, Stephen Volk (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories)
• Water For Drowning, Ray Cluley (This Is Horror)

Best short story

• A Change of Heart, Gaie Sebold (Wicked Women)
• The Girl on the Suicide Bridge, J.A. Mains (Beside the Seaside)
• Ptichka, Laura Mauro (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
• A Woman’s Place, Emma Newman (Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets)

Generally, four nominees in each category were decided by the votes of BFS members and the attendees of FantasyCon 2014 and FantasyCon 2015. The category jurors had the option of adding up to two further nominees. The jurors will now pick the winners. The British Fantasy Society committee will select the winner of the Karl Edward Wagner Award.

The winners of the 2014 British Fantasy Awards were announced September 7 at FantasyCon 2014 in York.

Best Fantasy Novel (The Robert Holdstock Award)
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)

Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award)
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)

Best Novella
Beauty by Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)

Best Short Story
“Signs of the Times” by Carole Johnstone (Black Static #33)

Best Anthology
End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver (ed.) (Solaris)

Best Collection
Monsters in the Heart by Stephen Volk (Gray Friar Press)

Best Small Press
The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel
Demeter by Becky Cloonan

Best Artist
Joey Hi-Fi

Best Non-fiction:
Speculative Fiction 2012, Justin Landon and Jared Shurin (eds) (Jurassic London)

Best Magazine/Periodical:
Clarkesworld, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker (ed.) (Wyrm Publishing)

Best Film/Television Episode
Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)

Best Newcomer (The Sydney J. Bounds Award)
Ann Leckie, for Ancillary Justice (Orbit)

The British Fantasy Society Special Award (The Karl Edward Wagner Award)
Farah Mendlesohn

The nominees in each category were decided by the voters of the British Fantasy Society, FantasyCon 2012 and FantasyCon 2014, with the juries having a discretion to add up to two further “egregious omissions” in each category.

The winners were decided by the following jury members. Fantasy novel: Gary Couzens, Laurel Sills, Matthew Hughes, Neil Williamson and Selina Lock. Horror novel: Cate Gardner, Jim McLeod, Mark West, Pauline Morgan and Thana Niveau. Novella: Aleksandra Kesek, Jo Thomas and Paul Holmes. Short story: David Tallerman, Matthew Hughes and Pauline Morgan. Collection: Matthew Hughes, Ole Andreas Imsen and Pauline Morgan. Anthology: Carole Johnstone, Gary Couzens and Matthew Hughes. Small press: Dave Brzeski, Elaine Hillson, Elloise Hopkins, Rachel Kendall and Rhian Bowley. Non-fiction: Djibril al-Ayad, Emma Newman and Jason Arnopp. Magazine/periodical: Aleksandra Kesek, Donna Bond and Jim McLeod. Comic/graphic novel: Jay Eales, Jennie Gyllblad and P.M. Buchan. Artist: Jennie Gyllblad, P.M. Buchan and Rachel Kendall. Film/television episode: Adrian Faulkner, Catherine Hill and Gary Couzens. Newcomer: Douglas Thompson, Ian Hunter and Lizzie Barrett. The Karl Edward Wagner Award was decided by a vote of the British Fantasy Society committee.

The physical award this year, a handmade wooden bookend featuring Lee Thompson’s BFS logo, was commissioned from Sarah Goss,  who works in traditional woodcarving and restoration.

The 2012 British Fantasy Awards were presented September 30 at Fanatsy Con in Brighton.

The August Derleth Award (for best horror novel)
The Ritual by Adam Nevill (Pan)

The Robert Holdstock Award (for best fantasy novel)
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor Books)

Novella
Gorel and the Pot Bellied God by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)

Short Fiction
“The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter” by Angela Slatter (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)

Anthology
The Weird, editors Jeff and Ann Vandermeer (Corvus Books)

Collection
Everyone’s Just So So Special by Robert Shearman (Big Finish)

Screenplay
Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen

Magazine/Periodical
Black Static, Andy Cox, editor; TTA Press

Comic/Graphic Novel
Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)

The BFA judges were James Barclay, Hal Duncan, Maura McHugh, Esther Sherman, and Damien G. Walter.